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BEST2 gene

Known as: VMD2-LIKE GENE 1, BEST2, VMD2L1 
National Institutes of Health

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2019
2019
Exploring the molecular basis of neuronal excitability in a vocal learner
Vocal learning, the ability to learn to produce vocalizations through imitation, relies on specialized brain circuitry known in… 
2015
2015
Sweating chloride bullets: understanding the role of calcium in eccrine sweat glands and possible implications for hyperhidrosis
Eccrine (atrichial) sweat glands are large, active cutaneous endorgans vital to human thermal and fluid homeostasis, but regional… 
2010
2010
Bestrophin 2 is expressed in human non-pigmented ciliary epithelium but not retinal pigment epithelium
Purpose Mice in which bestrophin 2 (Best2) is disrupted exhibit changes in aqueous flow and drainage, resulting in a reduction in… 
2008
2008
A Variant of the Ca2+-Activated Cl Channel Best3 is Expressed in Mouse Exocrine Glands
Fluid secretion by exocrine glands requires the activation of an apical Ca2+-dependent Cl channel, the molecular identity of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Small‐conductance Cl– channels contribute to volume regulation and phagocytosis in microglia
The shape and volume of microglia (brain immune cells) change when they activate during brain inflammation and become migratory… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Three novel human VMD2-like genes are members of the evolutionary highly conserved RFP-TM family
The RFP-TM protein family was first described in Caenorhabditis elegans as hypothetical transmembrane proteins containing a… 
1985
1985
Pathogenetic Considerations of Type II Diabetes
The hypothesis that idiopathic diabetes is a result of insufficient secretion of insulin seemed to be confirmed by many earlier… 
1977
1977
Pathogenetic Considerations of Idiopathic Diabetes
The hypothesis that idiopathic diabetes is a result of insufficient secretion of insulin seemed to be confirmed by many earlier… 
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